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Ho, C.P.S.* ; Tromans, C.E.* ; Schnabel, J.A.* ; Brady, S.M.*

Classification of clusters of microcalcifications in digital breast tomosynthesis.

In: (2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 31 August- 04 September 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina). 2010. 3166-3169 (2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10)
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The detection of microcalcifications, reconstruction of clusters of microcalcifications and their subsequent classification into malignant and benign are important tasks in the early detection of breast cancer. Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) provides new opportunities in such tasks. By utilizing the multiple projections in DBT and using the geometry of DBT, we have developed an approach to them based on epipolar curves. It improves the sensitivity and specificity in detection; provides information for estimation of 3D positions of microcalcifications; and facilitates classification. We have generated 15 simulated datasets, each with a microcalcification cluster based on an ellipsoidal shape. We estimate the 3D positions of the microcalcifications in each of the clusters and reconstruct the clusters as ellipsoids. We classify each cluster as malignant or benign based on the parameters of the ellipsoids. The classification result is compared with the ground truth. Our results show that the deviations between the actual and estimated 3D positions of the microcalcification, and the actual and estimated parameters of the ellipsoids are sufficiently small that the classification results are 100% correct. This demonstrates the feasibility in cluster classification in 3D. © 2010 IEEE.
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Publication type Article: Conference contribution
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Conference Title 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Conference Date 31 August- 04 September 2010
Conference Location Buenos Aires, Argentina
Quellenangaben Volume: , Issue: , Pages: 3166-3169 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
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Institute(s) Institute for Machine Learning in Biomed Imaging (IML)